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" When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights... "
American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans - Page 297
1836 - 531 pages
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Is Davis a Traitor, Or, Was Secession a Constitutional Right Previous to the ...

Albert Taylor Bledsoe - 1866 - 296 pages
...and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good, and private rights, against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of a popular government, is the great object to which our inquiries are directed. Let me add, that it...
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The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States : a ...

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1869 - 856 pages
...and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good, and private rights, against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...popular government, is then the great object to which ou^~raouiries are directed. Let me add, that it is the great desfileratum, by whioh-\alone this form...
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The Southern Review, Volume 9; Volume 12; Volume 15

1871 - 800 pages
...overbearing majority'], and at the same time to preserve the spirit and form of a popular government, is the great object to which our inquiries are directed. Let me add, that is the great desideratum, by which this form of government can be rescued from the opprobrium under...
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The Works of Alexander Hamilton, Volume 9

Alexander Hamilton - 1886 - 652 pages
...good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...Let me add that it is the great desideratum by which this form of government can be rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored, and...
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The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being ...

James Madison, John Jay - 1888 - 676 pages
...good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...Let me add that it is the great desideratum by which this form of government can be rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored, and...
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The Federalist and Other Contemporary Papers on the Constitution of the ...

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison - 1894 - 980 pages
...the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of I such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the...popular government, is then the great object to which our_J inquiries are directed. Let me add, that it is the great desideratum, by which alone this form...
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Majority Rule in Combination with Representative Government in City, State ...

George Henry Shibley - 1902 - 128 pages
...danger of such a faction [•. e., majority rule], and at the same time to preserve the spirit and form of popular government [ ?] is, then, the great object to which our inquiries are directed. * * * " A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place...
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The Spirit of American Government: A Study of the Constitution, Its Origin ...

James Allen Smith - 1907 - 460 pages
...good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...great object to which our inquiries are directed." 1 The very existence of political parties would endanger the system which they set up, since in their...
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The Spirit of American Government: A Study of the Constitution: Its Origin ...

James Allen Smith - 1907 - 442 pages
...good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed."1 The very existence of political parties would enclanger the system which they set up, since...
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The Spirit of American Government: A Study of the Constitution : Its Origin ...

James Allen Smith - 1907 - 432 pages
...and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger o? such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the...is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed."1 The very existence of political parties would endanger the system which they set up, since...
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